The authorized staff at Apple has been reshuffled, with Meta VP Scott Tucker changing into the VP of worldwide litigation and monetary providers on the iPhone maker.
Apple has already made quite a lot of modifications to its management in 2026, partly as a result of introduction of John Ternus as CEO. Nevertheless, in October, there was one other change affecting its authorized aspect.
On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Apple had secured the abilities of an government from Meta. In accordance with folks conversant in the change, Scott Tucker is changing into Apple’s VP of worldwide litigation and monetary providers.
A brand new position at Apple, Tucker will likely be charged with overseeing industrial and patent litigation, in addition to monetary authorized issues. The transfer reunites Tucker with SVP and Normal Counsel Jennifer Newstead, who was previously the chief authorized officer at Meta, and formally took her Apple position in March.
Previous to Meta, Tucker additionally has expertise at Morgan Stanley in a senior authorized position. This provides him expertise to deal with the monetary providers aspect of his new position.
As a part of the transfer, Apple VP of business and competitors litigation Heather Grenier will report back to Tucker as an alternative of Newstead.
On the identical time, senor authorized division member and VP managing regulatory and product authorized issues Kyle Andeer is getting a broader remit. His position will now embrace overseeing worldwide authorized issues, together with features comparable to on-line baby security, legislation enforcement, and cybersecurity.
